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Using Lookups for Data Reference

Go to the SharePoint list where you have adjusted Lookup Cross-Site selector columns and click “New”.

SharePoint list with Virto cross-site lookup columns and the New item button

New item form with cascading country, city and client cross-site lookup fields

We have created three lookup fields with the dependence country -> city-> client. This means that when a user adds new item to the list, he selects country and the list of cities of this country will be displayed accordingly. And when the list of cities is defined, the same happens with clients list.

Enter title of the lookup and start typing country name. The list of countries will be displayed.

Typing a country name to filter the cross-site lookup country list

Click on the required country and use arrow button to add this country to the lookup. As you add countries to the lookup, the list of cities changes accordingly.

Adding a country to the lookup with the arrow button, updating the city list

And as you select cities, the list of clients changes as well. Click “OK” to create lookup.

Selecting cities to filter the client list before clicking OK to create the lookup

You can view the list item to see the details.

SharePoint list item view showing the linked country, city and client lookup values

Pay attention, if you defined additional field to be displayed (see the previous section), these fields will be displayed in the list item view mode.

List item view mode showing additional cross-site lookup fields configured for display

This way you can create lookups and set references between SharePoint list columns.

Cross-site lookups setting references between SharePoint list columns

Updated on June 17, 2026